Only communist China could take away civil liberties and get away with it.

This is unquestionably an issue of infringement upon civil liberties.

I'm sure it's going to create an incredible stir from the civil liberties groups. (And) I'm sure it's going to create some discomfort among some teachers.

[The American Civil Liberties Union criticized Bush's order as] disturbing. ... must justify why the current system does not allow for the timely prosecution of those accused of terrorist activities.

Katrina gives us no confidence, ... I am 10 times more worried about what happens to civil liberties after that attack.

[Lisa Graves of the American Civil Liberties Union scoffed at a defense official's assertion that the proposed change would not allow for carte blanche Pentagon spying inside the United States.] That's some spin, ... The change would allow them to gather information on Americans surreptitiously. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.